I’ve long wondered what’s going on inside this head of mine. Thanks to the family, friends, and peers who celebrate and enable my imagination, I’ve managed to use my different ways of thinking to build and sustain a 16-year and counting full-time career as an illustrator, author and host of The Creative Condition podcast.
But there’s a well-documented downside to high sensitivity that makes us a good fit for the creative industry: it can also lead us into dark places. 24-hour news cycles are designed to keep us alarmed and panicked; sharing, shouting, and coming back for more. As a new parent suffering constant fatigue, I found myself caught in this digital web, experiencing far too many negative thought loops than I should.
